Basketball Game Preview: Lower Lake Trojans vs. Clear Lake Cardinals

Lower Lake and Clear Lake are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2018, but not for long. The Lower Lake Trojans will head out on the road to challenge the Clear Lake Cardinals at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lower Lake will be strutting in after a victory while Clear Lake will be coming in after a defeat.

On Friday, Lower Lake needed a bit of extra time to put away Upper Lake. They skirted past the Cougars 49-47. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.

Brooke Watson

Rebounds (Career)

02/07/25 vs Upper Lake	8
02/05/25 vs St. Helena	6
12/07/24 vs Ferndale	5
12/06/24 vs Round Valley	5
12/21/24 vs Oroville	3

Lower Lake's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brooke Watson led the charge by going 5 for 11 on her way to 13 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Watson a new career-high in boards. Irianna Milano was another key player, putting up nine points.

Lower Lake smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in five consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Clear Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Kelseyville, falling 53-27. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California basketball rankings (they are ranked 981st, while the Knights are ranked 387th).

Lower Lake's record now sits at 8-15. As for Clear Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.

Lower Lake came out on top in a nail-biter against Clear Lake in their previous meeting back in January, sneaking past 45-42. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lower Lake since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.